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Inspire Medical Systems, Inc. backtest

10 trend-following strategies were compared on the full daily history of Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.. 4 beat buy-and-hold CAGR; Supertrend ranks first by Sharpe, matching the main backtester. The return/drawdown alternative is Donchian 채널 돌파 (CAGR 13.3%, MDD -54.2%).

Data 2018-05-03 ~ 2026-08-31daily bars 2,093 (8.3 years)Costs 0.5%Venue XNYSMonthly snapshot 2026-08-31

Results by strategy

4 of 10 beat buy and hold (CAGR 11.7%, drawdown -87.7%).

Sharpe leader (same as main): Supertrend — CAGR 14.2%, MDD -67.9%, Sharpe 0.53, 52% exposure.

Return/drawdown alternative: Donchian 채널 돌파 — CAGR is 2.5%p higher than buy and hold, while drawdown improves by 19.8%p (CAGR 13.3%, MDD -54.2%, exposure 71%).

The alternative must retain 75% of buy-and-hold CAGR, improve drawdown by at least 20% and 5 percentage points, and stay below 95% exposure; the ranking weights return retention 60% and drawdown improvement 40%.

Strategy · parametersCAGRMDDSharpeCalmarTotalTradesExposure
Supertrend
period=25, mult=2.9
14.2%-67.9%0.530.213.0x5152%
SMA 크로스오버
fast=10, slow=28
13.1%-63.2%0.500.212.8x7155%
Donchian 채널 돌파
entryN=23, exitN=78
13.3%-54.2%0.500.252.8x1771%
EMA 크로스오버
fast=135, slow=183
11.8%-54.2%0.480.222.5x450%
Keltner 채널 돌파
emaPeriod=26, atrPeriod=12, mult=1.1
9.7%-62.5%0.440.162.2x7944%
ROC 모멘텀
n=128, threshold=0.04
8.9%-59.6%0.420.152.0x5851%
볼린저 밴드 돌파
n=14, k=3.2
2.9%-20.0%0.390.141.3x74%
MACD
fast=19, slow=54, signal=12
5.4%-78.0%0.350.071.6x8353%
Parabolic SAR
step=0.015, maxStep=0.38
4.7%-85.9%0.320.051.5x14953%
ADX / DI 방향성
period=20, threshold=13
-2.9%-61.3%0.12-0.050.8x12148%
Buy and hold11.7%-87.7%0.490.132.5x1100%
1x 10x 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 SupertrendBuy and hold
Supertrend: Solid strategy line versus dashed buy-and-hold line. Log scale.
0% -22% -44% -66% -88% 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Buy and holdSupertrend
Supertrend maximum drawdown -67.9% (2020-12-04 → 2022-06-16), prior peak not yet recovered.

Rules of the top strategy

Trades the direction of a volatility-based trend line that trails below/above price.

Method and caveats

Past performance does not guarantee future returns. Parameters were carried forward from the latest full optimization and replayed on this monthly dataset. 0.5% trading costs are included; taxes, slippage and rejected orders are not.
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